China and South Korea have recorded daily number of infections in double digits, as authorities continue to grapple with new clusters.
As many as 62 new cases were reported over a 24-hour period in South Korea, taking the total to 12,715 with 282 deaths.
According to reports, 40 of the newly reported cases were domestically infected, with officials struggling to keep numbers down ever since social distancing rules were eased up in May.
Meanwhile, China reported 17 new coronavirus cases, mostly in Beijing.
Chinese officials say tests on staff at hair and beauty salons across the capital has found no positive cases so far, showing that the recent outbreak in a sprawling wholesale food market mid-June has been largely contained.
So far, the country has reported a total of 4,634 deaths and 83,500 confirmed cases.
Australia said on Saturday it would double the maximum penalty it can impose on tech firms found to have failed to uphold a ground-breaking social media ban for children, as evidence mounts that the ban has had little effect on teen use.
A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, sending out tremors that could be felt from the capital Kabul across the border into neighbouring Pakistan.
Serbia's populist president Aleksandar Vucic, under pressure after months of anti-government protests, said on Saturday he will resign within weeks and the country will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections.
The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400 on Saturday as foreign rescue teams poured into the country and authorities pressed on with the search for survivors in the hardest-hit coastal areas.
A light aircraft crash into Beijing's tallest building on Friday killed the pilot and injured 13 people who were not on board, the local government said following the unusual accident for the Chinese capital, where airspace is heavily restricted.
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